Systems Engineer

Description

Position Summary

The Systems Engineer will support the development and maintenance of system architecture, requirements, and verification artifacts for the CBM+ program. Working within a cross-functional engineering team, this role will apply Systems Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles throughout the system lifecycle.

The selected candidate will contribute to the development of system architectures using Cameo Systems Modeler and SysML, support the creation and maintenance of DoDAF architectural views, and collaborate with government customers and technical stakeholders to define, analyze, and manage system and software requirements. This role will also support verification and validation activities through the development of verification methods, test cases, and test procedures to demonstrate compliance with program requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Support the development and maintenance of system architecture models using Cameo Systems Modeler and SysML.
- Develop and maintain DoDAF architectural views, including operational, system, and data architecture artifacts.
- Create and maintain system context diagrams, interface definitions, and data flow models.
- Support the development of behavioral and structural system models, including Use Case, Activity, Sequence, Block Definition, and Internal Block Diagrams.
- Collaborate with government customers, stakeholders, and engineering teams to elicit, analyze, and document system requirements.
- Develop and maintain system requirements, software requirements, interface requirements, and associated traceability artifacts.
- Decompose high-level customer needs and operational requirements into detailed, testable technical requirements.
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and ambiguities within requirements and architecture artifacts and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain bidirectional traceability between customer needs, system requirements, software requirements, architectural models, and verification artifacts.
- Define and document requirement verification methods, including Inspection, Analysis, Demonstration, and Test.
- Develop verification plans, test cases, test procedures, and test steps to support verification and validation activities.
- Support test execution activities and document verification results.
- Prepare and present technical information to customers, program leadership, and engineering teams.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, reports, and engineering artifacts in Confluence and other program repositories.
- Participate in technical reviews, architecture reviews, and requirements working groups.

Skills

Cameo Systems Modeler, MagicDraw, MBSE, DoDAF architecture frameworks, architectural modeling

Top Skills Details

Cameo Systems Modeler,MagicDraw,MBSE

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with DoDAF architecture frameworks and architectural modeling.
Experience developing system, software, or interface requirements.
Experience defining requirement verification methods and developing test cases and procedures.
Familiarity with requirements management tools such as Jama, DOORS, Jira, or similar platforms.
Experience creating technical documentation in Confluence.
Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) programs.
Familiarity with C4ISR systems, predictive maintenance systems, logistics systems, or data analytics platforms.
Familiarity with Agile software development environments.
Active Secret Security Clearance.

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Fairfax, VA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $61000.00 - $113000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Benefits

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to:

· Health benefits

o Medical

Dental
Vision
Basic life with AD&D
Short term disability
Long term disability
Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
Paid time off
Holidays
401(k) (including automatic company contribution)
Tuition reimbursement
Leaves (Parental, pregnancy, and military)
Potential annual bonus
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Fairfax,VA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 9, 2026. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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